Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula to face off in the Wuhan Open final
American tennis player Coco Gauff defeated Jasmine Paolini, despite seven double faults, and will face her compatriot Jessica Pegula in the final of the Wuhan Open. Pegula managed to break Aryna Sabalenka’s winning streak in the tournament. Gauff defeated Paolini with a score of 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday, in a match where both top 10 players struggled with their serves. Pegula, for her part, won an exciting match with a score of 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2), thus ensuring an all-American final and ending Sabalenka’s 20-match winning streak in Wuhan. Pegula has a 4-2 lead over Gauff in their head-to-head matches, although this will be the first time they have faced each other in a final. Gauff, ranked third, rallied from three breaks in the second set, including a series of five consecutive double faults, and won the last four games to advance to the final.Gauff, 21 years old, who changed her service coach in August, leads the women’s circuit this season with 378 double faults, more than 120 more than the next player. However, she also stood out in another aspect: her 13 career victories over top 10 players in WTA 1000 events are the most for any player before turning 22 since 2009, according to the circuit. Paolini, ranked fifth, had eliminated Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals and had won her previous three matches against Gauff, all played this season. Pegula, ranked sixth, was down 5-2 in the final set before winning four games in a row. Sabalenka then saved two match points in the following game to force the tiebreak. Sabalenka won the Wuhan Open in 2018 and 2019, and again in 2024, after the event returned to the circuit.I did what I needed to get through.
Coco Gauff
